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  • Kilponen continues hot start as No. 1 Valor Christian softball beats No. 9 Frederick

    4A state softball
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    Valor Christian senior Ali Kilponen continued her scoring start on Saturday.

    The three-time player of the year struck out 14 as her Class 4A top-ranked Eagles beat No. 9 Frederick 9-0 on Saturday during the Downtown Showdown at Metro State. Through four games, she’s averaging nearly 14 strikeouts per game, including a 19-strikeout performance to begin the season against Cheyenne Mountain last week.

    On Saturday, Kilponen allowed just two hits and walked one over seven innings in the top-10 game against the Warriors.

    Kate Meredith added three RBIs for Valor in the win, as did Hannah Hollander.

    Frederick, now 1-2, looks to rebound at Mead on Tuesday. Valor travels to Chatfield that same day.

  • Boys soccer roundup: Boulder beats Broomfield in matchup of 5A’s top two teams

    It was Boulder High senior Eric Ramirez that scored it for the Panthers.

    The lone goal in the game between No. 1 Boulder and No. 2 Broomfield came off a header by Ramirez in the first half, assisted by Omar Castruita. Ramirez scored only one goal last season for Boulder.

    Goalie Cameron Casey had seven saves in the game.

    The Panthers, defending champions in Class 5A, start the season 2-0. Castruita netted a hat trick in Boulder’s opening 3-1 win against Heritage.

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    Battle Mountain blanks Vail Mountain 

    Battle Mountain (No. 2 Class 4A) topped Vail Mountain (No. 8 Class 3A) on Saturday.

    The Huskies put in two second half goals to distance themselves from Vail Mountain and come away with the 3-0 win.

    Battle Mountain lost in the championship game last year to The Classical Academy.

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  • Volleyball roundup: No. 8 Faith Christian edges No. 6 Middle Park

    No. 8 Faith Christian came away with the win in a back-and-forth, five set match against No. 6 Middle Park.

    The Eagles took the first set, but Middle Park fought back to take the second.

    Then, in the third set, Faith Christian got a narrow 25-23 win. And again, Middle Park tied it in the fourth set.

    It was a 15-10 win in the fifth set that allowed the Eagles to take a collective breath.

    Faith Christian’s Sophia Keister had 24 assists, and Alina Randall had 17 kills. Both Keister and Randall had four service aces.

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    No. 10 Pagosa Springs gets strong win against Ignacio

    Pagosa Springs, ranked tenth in the CHSAANow.com preseason volleyball poll, put forth a dominant effort to win 3-0 over Ignacio.

    The Pirates won 25-10, 25-9, 25-12.

    Faith Ahlhardt had seven aces in the game. Ahlhardt and Keena Murphy each had seven digs.

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  • Football roundup: Aspen, Middle Park combine to score 130 points; Fruita tops Montrose

    Well, here’s one way to start a football season.

    Aspen and Middle Park combined to score 130 points when the two teams opened the year on Friday night. That total sits just outside the CHSAA record book.

    According to the Aspen Times, the Skiers racked up 707 yards of total offense, and quarterback R.J. Peshek accounted for six touchdowns.

    It was a crazy night.

    “Words can’t explain it,” Peshek told CHSAANow after the game. “Everyone just played out of their mind. The O-line, it wouldn’t have worked without them. It finally clicked for us.”

    The two teams were tied at 20 after the first quarter, and knotted at 34 at halftime. Midway through the third quarter, it was 50-50.

    But Middle Park didn’t score again in the Class 2A contest, and Aspen sure did.

    “That is probably maxes out the highest score that I’ve ever been a part of,” said Peshek, who is now in his third season as Aspen’s starting quarterback. “We run a tempo-style offense, it’s all about tempo, and it gets to the point where it just wears the defense down, to the point where they’re not ready when we’re snapping the ball.”

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    4A: (7) Fruita Monument 36, Montrose 35

    Montrose Fruita Monument football
    (Tom Hoganson)

    The Wildcats and coach Todd Casebier avenged this loss from a season ago. Casebier spent 10 seasons as the coach at Montrose.

    This game was a back-and-forth affair. It featured six lead changes, and saw Fruita Monument rally from down 27-14 at the half, according to the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel.

    Fruita eventually took a 28-27 lead late in the third quarter, only to see Montrose answer right back and go up 35-28.

    With 2:15 to play, the Wildcats’ Braeden Graham, a senior, scored a touchdown, and Treyton Queen converted the two-point attempt.

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    Notables

    • In another crazy game, 3A No. 3 Holy Family rallied to beat 4A Mountain View 33-27. The Tigers scored the winning touchdown with 11 seconds remaining, capping a 92-yard drive, according to BoCoPreps.com. “Zero Week is like the Twilight Zone,” Holy Family coach Mike Gabriel told the paper afterward.
    • No. 7 Sterling ran away from No. 6 Resurrection Christian 33-8 in a 2A top-10 clash. Isaac Harris had a 100-yard interception return for a touchdown in helping the Tigers win.
    • Alamosa beat Florence 43-0, and Katy Gallegos was 5-for-6 on her extra points. The senior also plays for the school’s girls soccer team. “We were really happy for Katy, she did an awesome job,” Alamosa coach Dillon McNamee told KSPK afterward. “I think every kick was a little more powerful, and little straighter. We love having a sister on our team, and it’s girl power, absolutely.”
    • 5A No. 1 Valor Christian rallied to beat out-of-state foe Faith Lutheran from Nevada 30-21. The turning point was a crazy option pitch from Luke McCaffrey to Joshia Davis which tied the game at 21. The Eagles added a safety shortly thereafter.
    • 1A No. 2 Meeker rolled to a 40-0 win over Highland. The Cowboys used 26 second-quarter points to grab a 34-0 lead at halftime.
    • In 8-man, No. 2 Akron beat Granada for the second-straight season. This one came by a 46-14 score.
    • 3A No. 8 Palisade beat Grand Junction Central 20-14 in overtime. It marked the first time the two teams had battled for their new rivalry hardware: The WarDog Trophy.

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  • Boys golf roundup: Montrose’s Dawson Hussong gets run of birdies to take Steamboat Springs Invite

    After a double-bogey on No. 4 brought him back to even, Montrose’s Dawson Hussong birdied three of four holes en route to shooting a three-under-par 69 to win the Steamboat Springs Invitational on Thursday.

    Hussong started on No. 18 and made birdie on his first hole of the day. He moved to two-under on three before his double-bogey put him back to square one. He recovered nicely on No. 6 to get back to red numbers.

    Birdies on the eighth and ninth holes put him at three under, where he would finish.

    Montrose also grabbed the team win, shooting two-over to beat out Grand Junction by seven strokes. Basalt rounded out the top three, shooting 12-over as a team.

    Basalt’s Holden Kleager, Eagle Valley’s Barrett Jones and Grand Junction’s Blake Schneiter and Canon Olkowski all shot even par.

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    Fossil Ridge cruises at The Olde Course

    Dillon Stewart shot a 66 and Fossil Ridge was even as a team, coming away with both the individual and team wins at the Loveland Invite.

    The Sabercats also got top-four finished from Jack Hastings (71) and Gavin Hagstrom (75). Loveland’s Hauke Mersmann finished third with a 74.

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    Eaglecrest’s Bryant wins again

    Davis Bryant just keeps on winning. The Eaglecrest senior shot a 69 at Murphy Creek to take Thursday’s Centennial League tournament.

    Cherokee Trail’s Supawich Boonta was the only other player under par, shooting a two-under.

    With three players in the top 10, Arapahoe grabbed the team win.

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  • Football roundup: Durango beats Delta in OT with lone field goal

    It was a strange start to the season for the Durango and Delta football teams.

    First, their game was delayed 40 minutes by lightning, according to the Durango Herald, and then nobody scored.

    The game, tied at 0-0 after regulation, went to overtime.

    On its possession, Delta, which is ranked No. 4 in Class 2A, got down to the 1-yard-line, but then fumbled a third-down snap.

    Durango, a 3A program, then got its shot in OT — and senior Harrison Kairalla kicked a 23-yard field goal to win. It was redemption from having missed an attempt late in the fourth quarter.

    “I don’t even remember what happened,” Kairalla told the Durango Herald. “It was crazy. I’ve never had anything like that happen to me before.”

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    Chatfield falls during out-of-state trip

    (Courtesy of @Agisett1/Twitter)

    Chatfield traveled to Florida during Zero Week, and faced a tough Braden River team. The Chargers fell, 49-32.

    The game was tight in the first half, with the two teams trading scores.

    Chatfield, ranked No. 4 in the 4A preseason poll, held leads of 13-7 and 20-14, but went into the break trailing Braden River 28-20.

    The Chargers continued to battle in the second half, but were never able to close the gap.

    Braden River features South Carolina commit Deshaun Fenwick, who had four touchdowns.

    “He had something in him where I was like, ‘Woah,’” Chatfield coach Bret McGatlin told the Bradenton (Fla.) Herald.

    But Braden River was equally as impressed with Chatfield.

    “They were good,” Fenwick told the Sarasota (Fla.) Herald-Tribune of Chatfield. “They were a good team, I’m not going to lie.”

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  • Volleyball roundup: Hoehne outlasts La Junta in five sets

    In a battle of volleyball programs from different classifications, Hoehne edged La Junta with a 3-2 win.

    Hoehne, ranked No. 5 in Class 2A, won the match 25-19, 13-25, 25-12, 20-25 and 15-9. La Junta plays in 3A.

    Thursday was the first day of competition for volleyball teams, meaning it was the the season-opener for both schools.

    Hoehne’s next match is against Fowler on Aug. 29, while La Junta plays Las Animas that same day.

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    Grandview cruises to opening win

    Grandview, the No. 9 team in 5A, swept Regis Jesuit in their season-opener.

    The Wolves won 25-22, 25-20, 25-22.

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    Notables

    • Paityn Hardison had 19 kills and Laura Bauer had 37 assists as Douglas County beat Smoky Hill 3-1 (20-25, 25-18, 25-15, 29-27).
    • Kim Martin recorded 16 kills and 18 digs to help Frontier Academy beat Lyons 3-2.

  • Softball roundup: Montrose explodes for 10 runs in two innings to beat Palisade

    Montrose Palisade softball
    (Tom Hoganson/CHSAANow.com)

    Montrose was in a one-run hole in the bottom of the first, but responded with force. The Indians scored 12-straight runs, including five each in the third and fourth innings, to come away with a 12-1 win over Palisade.

    The Indians (1-0 overall) are back in action on Friday as they host Rifle. The Bulldogs (0-2) will host Eagle Valley on Saturday.

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    (7) Legend upends Pomona

    Hailee Swanson and Cailey Oldemeyer each drove in two runs as Class 5A No. 7 Legend (2-0) beat Pomona 8-3 on Thursday.

    Junior Zoey LeCompte threw six innings for the Titans, allowing only two earned runs while striking out four.

    Jessica Espinoza went 1-for-4 with a triple for the Panthers (0-1). She also scored a run.

    Legend travels to Eaglecrest on Monday and Pomona is back in action on Saturday, hosting Monarch.

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    (5) Erie survives scare from Windsor

    Erie didn’t score a lot on Thursday, but it turned out not a lot was needed. Kara Kovets hit a home run and Hannah Hackney drove in another run as 4A No. 5 Erie edged Windsor 2-0.

    Maddie Leach was brilliant on the mound for Erie (2-0) as she allowed only two hits while striking out six.

    Sophomore Tiana Spangler was nearly as good for the Wizards (0-1), giving up only six hits and allowing just one earned run.

    Both teams will be in action on Saturday. Windsor hosts Greeley West while heads to the Downtown Showdown at Metro State.

    Other notes:

    • Green Mountain’s Jessica Greenwood hit for the cycle on Thursday. The Rams fell to Lakewood 20-7.
    • Rocky Ford scored three runs in its final three innings to beat St. Mary’s 9-4. Cassidy Sorensen drove in three runs for the Pirates.
    • Valor Christian’s Ali Kilponen threw a complete game shutout and struck out 10 as the Eagles beat Horizon 2-0.

  • Boys golf roundup: Aspen runs away with Skiers Invite

    Aspen had seven golfers finish in the top ten of the Skiers Invitational at Aspen Golf Club.

    Dominic Lanese IV placed the highest with a two-over second place finish.

    The Skiers took the next six spots in the individual standings for a team total of +12 and a runaway team win.

    Eagle Valley placed second as a team at +43, while Battle Mountain (+57) and Buena Vista (+72) rounded out the finishers.

    Eagle Valley’s Barrett Jones (-2) won the invite with the only score under par.

    Jones shot a double-bogey and another bogey to fall from three-under to even. Jones followed with birdies on two of his last three holes to come away with the victory.

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    Fossil Ridge wins Eagle Classic

    Three golfers tied atop the Eagle Classic field as Fossil Ridge got the team win.

    Fossil Ridge’s Josh Caridi, Broomfield’s Adam Tilger and Resurrection Christian’s Micah Ramirez shot even par to land in first place.

    The Sabercats had other two other top-five finishers in Dillon Stewart and Jack Hastings, both at two-over.

    Resurrection Christian, Loveland, Evergreen and Frontier Academy made up the top five.

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    Pueblo County takes narrow Centennial Invite

    Just two strokes separated the spots one through seven as Lamar’s Brock Reedy and Trinidad’s Lance Peters finished tied for first at two-over.

    Andrew Egan’s third-place finish and Brock Rodrigues’ fifth-place finish paced the Hornets to the team win.

    Cheyenne Mountain came in second behind Pueblo County, and Lamar took third.

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  • Softball roundup: Silver Creek upsets 5A No. 1 Broomfield

    The No. 1 team in Class 5A went down in its first game of the season — a 5-4 loss to Silver Creek.

    The Raptors, No. 6 in the CHSAANow.com preseason Class 4A softball poll, grabbed the lead early and held on to beat the Eagles.

    Kayla Harper’s two-RBI triple in the second inning gave Silver Creek a 3-0 lead over Broomfield, then Dana Dwyer made it 5-1 Silver Creek with a two-run homerun.

    Broomfield fought back in the seventh inning as the Eagles had runners on first and second with no outs, down 5-4.

    But, the last out of the game was recorded on a baserunning error. Silver Creek finally breathed a sigh of relief.

    Jetta Nannen gave up three earned runs in a complete game effort for Silver Creek.

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    Mead scores six runs in top of seventh to shock Holy Family

    Mead softball was down to it’s final three outs, facing a four-run deficit.

    The Maverick scored six runs in the seventh inning to beat Holy Family 11-10 on Wednesday.

    Mead sophomore Erin Hanafin went four-for-five with six runs batted in, two runs scored and a homerun.

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